Baltics

Vilnius is the capital city of Lithuania, located in the hilly interior of the country, close to its southeastern border with Belarus. It is the second largest city in the Baltic States, with [...]

Riga is the capital city of Latvia, the middle of the three Baltic States. It is the largest city in the Baltics at approximately 640,000 people, sitting astride the Daugava river, which flows [...]

Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, the northernmost of the Baltic States. A port city, it sits on the coast of the Baltic Sea and is easily accessible via ferry from Helsinki, Stockholm, or Riga. [...]

The Baltic States hold a certain mystique for seasoned explorers of Europe. They’re off the beaten track — so far east, they almost don’t feel like part of the continent, despite their EU status. [...]